Firescaping
Landscape Structures: Use non-flammable building materials like stone, brick, adobe and concrete. Avoid flammable wood structures in the garden. Wood decks hanging over unkempt vegetation are the worst offender. ... [... more]
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Surprise Patio Makeover
When Nancy Gunn and her husband Curtis Colden bought their house, they knew one of their first projects would be renovating the back patio. Their extensive renovation included adding a spiral staircase from the patio ... [... more]
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A Contemporary Garden
Landscape designer and contractor Rich Radford of The Garden Route designed a bold, updated design that combines existing structures with new features. He gave a facelift to the existing concrete patio, wall and ... [... more]
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A Resurfaced Patio
Landscape Smart traveled to the San Francisco home of Anna Haake, who wanted to resurface her drab, rectangular concrete patio and perk up the area with colorful flowers. Landscape architect Louise Leff advises ... [... more]
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Mexican Fireplace
Here, an informal style not too high off the ground is chosen to suit the family's casual approach to entertaining, as well as the architecture of their ranch-style home. Additionally, the lower height will allow ... [... more]
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A Formal Pond And Patio
To set the stones, begin next to the house and work outward. Use a trowel to spread a thin layer of mortar mixed with an acrylic additive. Press the stone firmly in place, ensuring that it is level and lines up with ... [... more]
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French Patio
To embody the French ambiance, Leff suggests using a palate of color that includes white, pink, blue and purple, and placing the largest plants in the back along the supporting background. Plant the larger perennials ... [... more]
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Elegant Flagstone Patios
Homeowners David Bouillez and Zsofia Tallai, residents of the San Francisco Bay area, want to enhance their currently bare yard with a pair of flagstone patios that feature a connecting path in between. To implement ... [... more]
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A Seat-Wall Patio
Once the grid is complete, the crew positions pre-built forms constructed with 2x4s spaced about three feet apart over the prepared bed. Then, they pour the concrete into the forms and set to work smoothing it with a ... [... more]
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Secret Garden
Next, Estournes cuts the stepping stones to follow the curve of the path, which runs along one side of the patio. First, he measures the distance between the edge of the path and the point where the edge of each ... [... more]
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Build A Patio With Pavers
4. The base of the patio will be a 2-inch layer of packed stone dust. Spread a layer of stone dust over the area. Start by laying two 2-inch pieces of PVC pipe about 4-feet apart. Dump loads of stone dust in the middle, and rake it out so it’s ... [... more]
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Stone Entry, Color And Landscaping
The old windows were replaced with modern, energy efficient designs that matched the character of the home. Plantation shutters were mounted inside all of the windows. Matt Voorhees and Chris Dorobek live in a historical urban row house. While ... [... more]
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